Across
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7
VIPs training in it hurtle around circuit the wrong way! (6-3)
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8
Policeman’s a poser in pictures (5)
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9
Bridge declaration — going first is one for the old grey cells (9)
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10
24 makes a journey in the interior (5)
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12
Old rebel who initiates drugs bust in a hospital? (6)
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24 nurse faces demand from those wanting answers (8)
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16
24 ending early: transport put on (7)
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Rubbing noses abroad, missionaries converted 24 (7)
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22
Trade centre stocking some knocked-off 24 (8)
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25
Perhaps Bruce doubles as 6’s relative (6)
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27
She hunted, and I shot a 24 (5)
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28
He’s really missed the combination of today’s themes (9)
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In what’s written, crossword setter’s reduced complicated devices (5)
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30
Topless rockers opening pipe get punchy with cryptic contrivance (6,3)
Down
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1
Outlaw receives word that may surprise 24 (6)
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2
24 compilers will dress with jumper (8)
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3
Hunt for words in grid? Perhaps reading in, start to see every one (6)
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4
24’s more sluggish son preferred to daughter (7)
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5
Pelmanism tests this area where people play everything (6)
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6
Taking flight from here to America, about to tackle a grid-filling problem (6)
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11
Passage taken by Greeks to Agora — or from letters to 28 (4)
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14
Might they be used regularly in Ulmeni? (3)
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15
24 is zati? You shouldn’t take the odds … (3)
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16
… where to see punter’s tips for Chepstow and Musselburgh? (3)
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Short fat god (3)
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18
Mummy bear pours away just a bit (4)
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20
Engineer maybe suppressing an opening for grease 24 (8)
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21
It’s found between breasts and rear ends when one goes topless (7)
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23
Number one is obsessive about, say … (6)
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24
… mass being sung at the correct pitch (6)
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25
Awkward jump while skating in Kentucky (6)
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26
‘Predated’ now ‘pronated’ because of this boffin (6)
